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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cavaliers | 25 | 13 | 23 | 43 | 104 |
 Knicks | 22 | 29 | 25 | 25 | 101 |
CLETeam statsNYK| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 35-8839.8% | 16-4535.6% | 18-2281.8% | 48 | 21 | 20 |
| NYK | 38-8843.2% | 8-2532.0% | 17-2277.3% | 49 | 19 | 17 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Cleveland Cavaliers104| 36 | 23 | 7-14 | 2-4 | 7-10 | 0 | +3 | +8.8 | |||||||
| 33 | 8 | 3-8 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | +5 | −0.3 | |||||||
| 23 | 6 | 2-9 | 0-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −15 | −4.8 | ||||||
| 22 | 13 | 5-12 | 2-5 | 0 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | −16 | −5.4 | |||||
| 20 | 0 | 0-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −10 | −11.6 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 29 | 21 | 5-12 | 5-12 | 0 | 0 | 6-6 | 0 | 0 | +8 | +6.2 | ||||
| 28 | 15 | 7-15 | 0-0 | 1-1 | +13 | +1.4 | ||||||||
| 25 | 9 | 3-6 | 3-6 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | +20 | −0.1 | ||||||
| 18 | 6 | 2-7 | 1-4 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | +3 | −4.1 | |||||
| 6 | 3 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +0.9 | |
| Team | 104 | 35-8839.8% | 16-4535.6% | 48 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 18-2281.8% | 14 | 7 | 7 | |||
Bench 54 points on 18 for 41 shooting
Did not play: Jose Calderon and Ante Zizic (coach’s decision).
New York Knicks101| 44 | 28 | 10-20 | 4-11 | 0 | 4-4 | +5 | +6.8 | |||||||
| 37 | 15 | 6-12 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 0 | −3 | −0.8 | |||||||
| 34 | 20 | 7-21 | 2-5 | 4-7 | +5 | −4.9 | ||||||||
| 31 | 20 | 9-15 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | −6 | +9.2 | ||||||
| 24 | 2 | 1-5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | −7.4 | |||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | 7 | 2-5 | 0-1 | 3-4 | 0 | −1 | +1.9 | |||||||
| 20 | 2 | 1-4 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +9 | −4.2 | |||||
| 17 | 5 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | −14 | −3.9 | |||||
| 8 | 2 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2-2 | 0 | −3 | −4.4 | ||||||
| 1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −5 | −0.2 | |
| Team | 101 | 38-8843.2% | 8-2532.0% | 49 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 17-2277.3% | 13 | 13 | 3 | |||
Bench 16 points on 5 for 15 shooting
Did not play: Michael Beasley, Willy Hernangomez and Ramon Sessions (coach’s decision).
Cavaliers104Knicks101ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
LeBron James had 23 points and 12 assists, and the Cleveland Cavaliers rallied from 23 points down in the third quarter to beat the New York Knicks 104-101.
The Cavaliers trailed 51-38 at halftime and 73-50 with 2:12 left in the third quarter. They outscored the Knicks 54-28 the rest of the way.
Tim Hardaway Jr.’s driving layup made it 104-101 with 5.1 seconds left, and James missed 2 free throws with the Cavaliers up 3 and 4.4 seconds left.
During clutch time, the Cavaliers outscored the Knicks 15-14. Kyle Korver scored 7 of the Cavaliers’ 15 on 1 for 1 shooting and 4 for 4 at the line.
Korver scored 21 points with 5 3-pointers off the bench. Korver scored 19 of his 21 points in the fourth quarter.
For the Knicks, Hardaway had 28 points (8 during a 15-0 run in the second quarter) and 10 rebounds, and Enes Freedom added 20 points (16 in the paint) and 16 rebounds. Kristaps Porziņģis scored 20 points but shot 7 for 21. Frank Ntilikina had 7 points and a career-high 6 steals. The Knicks had 3 20-point scorers.
The Cavaliers outscored the Knicks 54-16 off the bench. The Cavaliers outscored the Knicks 33-17 in 8 minutes with James, Wade, Korver, Smith and Frye on the floor together.
Cleveland CavaliersNew York KnicksPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Cavaliers’ chance bottomed out at 1.4% (3rd quarter, 2:15 left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
86 points from the field on 88 shots: 10.3 fewer than the league scores from the same zones.
Point at a shooter to see his shots light up; click for his shots alone.
| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 17-26 | 65.4% | 63% |
| In the paint | 0-4 | 0.0% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 2-13 | 15.4% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 7-16 | 43.8% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 9-29 | 31.0% | 36% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Courtney Lee | 45 | 3 | 1-3 | −12 |
| Lance Thomas | 7 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Kristaps Porziņģis | 6 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Jarrett Jack | 6 | 0 | 0-1 | −2 |
| Everyone else | 13 | 8 | 4-6 | +4 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 76 possessions. He usually scores about 25 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug McDermott | 24 | 0 | 0-2 | −6 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 12 | 9 | 3-5 | +6 |
| Courtney Lee | 9 | 0 | 0-0 | −2 |
| Jarrett Jack | 4 | 6 | 2-3 | +5 |
| Everyone else | 11 | 0 | 0-3 | −3 |
The tracking credits him with 15 points on 60 possessions. He usually scores about 15 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Ntilikina | 27 | 2 | 1-3 | −2 |
| Tim Hardaway Jr. | 10 | 4 | 2-4 | +2 |
| Kristaps Porziņģis | 6 | 2 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Jarrett Jack | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 10 | 8 | 4-8 | +6 |
The tracking credits him with 16 points on 58 possessions. He usually scores about 10 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
NYK win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
CLE
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Highest Leverage Moments
James 27' 3PT Step Back Jump Shot (23 PTS)
Q4 1:23
35.9%
56→21
Frye 26' 3PT Jump Shot (9 PTS) (James 12 AST)
Q4 2:16
22.3%
79→56
Smith 3PT Jump Shot (8 PTS) (James 10 AST)
Q4 4:07
16.5%
85→68
Korver 25' 3PT Jump Shot (17 PTS) (James 11 AST)
Q4 3:34
14.1%
82→68
Hardaway Jr. 11' Floating Jump Shot (26 PTS)
Q4 3:48
13.6%
68→82
